Jenkins v. Greene

OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

Petitioner Taiwu Jenkins (“Jenkins” or the “Petitioner”) has petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 asserting a violation of his federal constitutional rights arising out of the ineffective assistance of counsel. His petition is opposed by Gary Greene, Superintendent of the Great Meadow Correctional Facility (the “State”). Based on the conclusions set forth below, the petition is denied.

I. PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

The Underlying Action

Shortly before midnight on October 20, 1998, Mimsi Nieves and Jamel Verdejo entered a grocery store in upper…